lets start off with 10th and 9th place:
10th: as the post above stated, its literally a CR spawn in yny very badly edited
9th: after the ''reference screenshot'' he posted you'd have to be HIGH to not realize its a literal screenshot edit, where even the dragon is edited in lol
https://gyazo.com/96dfbc1f6c118aa00365aa68a62ddd1c
no good or experienced artist will have such contrast in their piece, with lack of foreground-main focus- background distinction, too much black used = clearly fake, as well as its very easy to notice its a screenshot edit from the trees
8th: ..ah,,, nothing like a paintover over a screenshot, tbh this one was smarter than the two above, at least painted over some spots, even tho clipper is copy-pasted :thinking:
7th: really good use of copy-pasted wings found on google on an angled owl screenshot, but you could of at least put some more effort into the background instead of a straight copy-pasta you know?
6th: is that suposed to even be archeage? pink obsessed much?
5th: where do i begin in this one..... at least same as #6 this wasnt a copy-pasted, finally! when the sun is setting tho, the sky doesnt become dark when youre still able to visualize the sun! as well as dont you think the clouds should not be a straight white? have you heard of ambient occlusion? there should be rim lights hitting spots
now lets talk about the girl, you broke the poor girls back to show off her bun
but sex sells anyway, doesnt it?
4th: nice idea, very wrong use of shadows/lights/composition/filters
3rd: very peaceful for sure, very boring too, lacks contrast between foreground/midground/background, should work with diagonals instead of straight lines for a more dynamic piece
2nd: dont really have much to say about this as im not familiar with water colors, looking at colors it needed more distinction in between grounds and ambient occlusion, deserved #1 spot IMO with the entries sent
1st place.... where do i begin.... you need to learn what anatomy is 1st of all... i feel bad for the girl on the rights arm, very bad for it actually, as well as how lightning affects the surroundings, composition is SO off, did judges give you 1st place cause you worked ''so hard and for many hours'' on it?
if any of the people that i called out for screenshot editing/paint editing think its a false accusation, please direct me to your social medias/DA/artstation where i can see more of your incredible artwork
why were some good entries (same skill levels as most here) left out of top 10? node,larev for example? at least they werent screen shot edits o.o
reason why i critiqued non screenshot-paintings was because ''The winner was determined based on art style, level of detail, art composure, setting, lightning and creativity. '' comment inspired me